Important News

Did you know that strands of holiday lights are recyclable? Instead of throwing your broken strands of holiday lights in the trash can, bring the strands to NES and put them in the collection box in the front lobby. Mrs. te Plate, PTA Green Committee Chair, will be bringing the broken strands to the Alpha Ridge Recycling Center for proper…

Donation Request for Rube Goldberg Instructional Seminar If you happen to be cleaning out toys or old materials, please keep the Rube Goldberg Instructional Seminar in mind! Our teams will be attempting to build a “contraption” that consists of simple machines. All donations can be sent into school and put in the bin in the front lobby. Thanks, in advance…

Students in grades 1-5 will be taking the Winter MAP assessment on the dates below. Most students take approximately one hour to complete each of the two assessments. Grade Level MAP ELA MAP Math First January 10th 9:00 AM January 11th 9:00 AM Second January 5th 9:00 AM January 6th 9:00 AM Third January 19th 1:30 PM January 23rd 8:45…

The GUMC Food Pantry provides grocery assistance to those in need. They are open 9:00-11:00 AM, on the third Saturday of the month at the church. They give out food provided by the state and county food banks as well as food that is purchased through monetary donations. Additionally, they can provide assistance with toiletry items. Please click here to…

If you receive a call from Northfield, please check your voicemail before you return the call to the office. Teachers and/or health room staff will often leave messages. When you return the call to the front office, our secretaries are not always sure who called you in order to transfer the call promptly.

It's that time of year! Clean off your bookshelves before the Book Fair and donate to Turning Pages Reading Program. NES Cub Scout Den 10 will leave a bin in the lobby from October 24th to December 2nd for your gently used children's books. These donations will be used to teach men in the Baltimore Correctional Center to read to…

We encourage all students to participate in the Young Author’s Contest. Northfield has been the proud school of past HCPSS county-level winners! Entries are due December 16th. All entries must include a completed cover sheet signed by the student author, parent, and sponsoring teacher. Eligibility Students in Grades 2 through 5 are eligible to enter a previously unsubmitted short story…

For the second year in a row, the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) has been named the top school system in Maryland by Niche.com, a national education and community analysis firm. The 2017 Best School Districts in Maryland rankings give HCPSS an overall grade of A+ and rank Howard County public schools #1 for “Best School Districts in Maryland,”…

Absentee and Picture Retake Day will be this Friday, November 18. For retakes, the entire portrait package must be returned. Please have your child bring the portrait package to the photographer on retake day. Visit www.schoolpix.com to order additional prints.

Notice: For the remainder of October and November, we will be sending the full e-news only twice per month. This is a trial. Our PTA will continue to send weekly e-news messages. We will place all e-news content and school events on the NES website. We encourage parents to subscribe to our calendar. Special e-news updates will continue to be…